Where does “point” come from?

point (Norman) comes from Old French point, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

point (Norman): full stop, period

Definitions

  1. full stop, period

Ancestry of “point”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpointa sting; a prick; moment; time; dot
2Latinpūnctumpoint
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →